MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.14,-83.1 Latitude: 37.14 Longitude: -83.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 49 SFC 954 461 22.6 20.5 88 2.0 21.1 200 13 299.8 302.7 296.0 347.0 16.16 2 950 494 22.5 20.5 88 2.0 21.1 201 15 300.1 303.0 296.1 347.5 16.20 3 900 964 20.0 18.4 90 1.6 18.9 217 44 302.2 304.9 295.8 346.5 15.00 4 850 1456 16.9 16.0 94 1.0 16.3 229 58 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.2 13.55 5 800 1972 13.9 13.1 95 0.8 13.4 238 61 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.8 11.93 6 750 2514 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 238 57 308.2 310.2 294.3 339.9 10.44 7 700 3087 7.3 6.8 97 0.5 7.0 242 59 310.5 312.2 293.8 337.8 8.89 8 650 3694 3.8 3.1 95 0.7 3.4 242 56 313.2 314.6 293.4 336.2 7.38 9 600 4342 0.6 -1.7 85 2.2 -0.6 247 49 316.8 317.9 293.0 334.8 5.65 10 550 5037 -1.7 -10.1 53 8.4 -5.4 258 47 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.8 3.22 11 500 5789 -6.2 -46.1 3 39.9 -13.2 265 52 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.0 0.12 12 450 6603 -11.8 -47.4 3 35.6 -17.3 266 54 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.12 13 400 7494 -17.5 -56.1 2 38.6 -21.8 263 57 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.05 14 350 8477 -25.5 -50.4 8 24.8 -28.1 261 57 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 15 300 9573 -34.6 -55.9 10 21.3 -36.0 265 56 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.8 0.07 16 250 10826 -42.9 -66.9 5 24.0 -43.7 263 51 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.02 17 200 12287 -55.3 -68.4 18 13.1 -55.5 255 47 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14076 -64.4 -78.8 12 14.4 -64.5 271 55 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16551 -65.3 -88.9 2 23.7 -65.4 287 29 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.81 m Freezing level: 587.56 mb = 4514.86 m = 14812.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.84 mb = 4236.92 m = 13900.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.10 mb = 715.37 m = 2346.99 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 21.49 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1314.77 m = 4313.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.31 C Showalter Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 38.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 457.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 979.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.30 mb = 1134.88 m = 3723.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.30 mb = 1584.14 m = 5197.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.30 mb = 12371.44 m = 40588.21 ft B at Equ Level: 977.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.30 mb = 15077.53 m = 49466.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 626.9 neg: -27.2 tot: 599.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.64 Bulk Rich Number: 7.47 Bulk Shear: 131.04 m/s